Chris Sheppard (DJ)

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Chris Sheppard

Love Inc.

Chris Sheppard is a Canadian radio DJ and musician, who was one of the leading figures in the Canadian dance music scene in the 1980s and 1990s.

Originally the host of a Saturday night alternative dance music show on CFNY in Toronto, this later expanded to a live broadcast from various Toronto nightclubs on Friday nights, a type of broadcast which was later copied by many other radio stations. He later moved to Energy 108 and launched the program into syndication across Canada. Sheppard also launched the dance group BKS (acronym for the group member names of Bekker, Kavanagh, Sheppard) and the house music group Love Inc..

Chris Sheppard was largely responsible for turning the Canadian dance music scene upside down in the early-to-late 90s, and bringing dance music from around the world to millions of Canadian ears. A Juno Award winner, Sheppard was director/mixer of many compilation albums, including his own Pirate Radio Sessions, Destination Dance Floor, Groove Station and Club Cutz volumes.

"The often imitated, but never duplicated one" currently operates Pirate Sounds, and can be heard on Saturday nights on CKLG in Vancouver, CJAQ in Toronto, and CKNG in Edmonton.